Callicore lyca

Aegina numberwing

Ssp. mionina

Ssp. salamis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Callicorini
Genus:	Callicore
Species:	C. lyca
Binomial name
*Callicore lyca* (Doubleday, [1847])
Synonyms
Catagramma lyca Doubleday, [1847] Catagramma transversa Röber, 1924 Catagramma mionina acreensis Dillon, 1948 Catagramma mengeli Dillon, 1948 Callicore aegina Catagramma aerias Godman & Salvin, [1883] Catagramma lyca maroma Fruhstorfer, 1916 Catagramma mionina pauper Hopp, 1922 Catagramma aegina lamprolenis Röber, 1924

The Aegina numberwing (Callicore lyca) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from the south of Mexico to Peru.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

C. l. lyca in Mexico
C. l. mionina (Hewitson, 1855) in Colombia
C. l. aegina (C. & R. Felder, 1861) in southern Peru – Aegina numberwing or Aegina beauty
C. l. salamis (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
C. l. aerias (Godman & Salvin, 1883) in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
C. l. mena (Staudinger, 1886) in Peru
C. l. odilia (Oberthür, 1916) in Colombia
C. l. exultans (Fruhstorfer, 1916) in Bolivia
C. l. bella (Röber, 1924) in Colombia
C. l. sticheli (Dillon, 1948) in Colombia